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    "ocrText": "Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nContested Materials Collection\nFolder List\nBox Number\nFolder Number\nDocument Date\nNo Date\nSubject\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n2\n55\n10/21/1970\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Timmons to Haldeman RE: recent trips\nof RN. Handwritten notes added by\nunknown. 2 pgs.\nFriday, March 05, 2010\nPage 1 of 1\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 21 need\n970\nCopy to have to\ngood goods\nMEMORANDUM FOR H. R. HALDEMAN\nFrom:\nWilliam E. Timmons\nH.\nSubject: Critique of Monday & Tuesday trips\nI think all involved in the two-day tour deserve\napplause for their good work. However, I have some\nobservations of the campaign swing which might be\nhelpful on future trips:\nOHIO: The President publicly acknowledged Bill McCulloch\nas dean of the Ohio Congressional delegation and indicated\nthat Chalmers Wylie represented Columbus. Good but\nhalf of Columbus belongs to Sam Devine who has been one\nof the President's most loyal supporters and is a leader\nof a House GOP conservative group. He should have been\nrecognized publicly. It would also have been nice to\ninclude Devine and Wylie on the tour to Ohio State\nUniversity. This could have helped the Congressmen\nand us.\nSleve\nNORTH DAKOTA: Although Rep. Odin Langen (R-Minn) was\non the advance schedule to be on the platform, he was\nabsent, and apparently the President was not alerted\nbeforehand.\nMISSOURI: The $1,000 big-givers' party for Danforth in\nthe hotel expected the President to make a drop-by. I\ngather that was one of the reasons contributors came,\nand many were bitter that the President didn't show.\nI asked several what assurances they had that the\nPresident would come and they indicated they had an\nacceptance \"from the White House.\" I doubt this was the\ncase but it created some bad will. Also we had a minor\nproblem with Bob Dole who wanted to visit with the President.\nI entertained him and the Kansas gubernatorial candidate\nFrizell in my room and they are happy!\nTENNESSEE: Obviously, a great rally!\n-2-\nNORTH CAROLINA: It rained.\nINDIANA: The Presidential guest bus was stopped along\nwith the press buses at the Marriott Motel near the news\nWACKER let\nfacility and not permitted to accompany the President's\nparty around back. Much later, we found our way through\nthe maze of corridors to the staff rooms. The delay\ncould have been important if the President or staff had\nAlways\nneeded secretarial services during that time. Rep. David\nDennis is a freshman and \"marginal\". We could lose him\nthe Gov\nand it would have helped if the President could have\nmentioned him by name during the rally. I understand\nfor inio lisue\nthe advancemen tried to put GOP Governor Whitcomb in the\nguests' bus to travel from the airport to downtown Fort\nWayne. He protested and threatened to remove all State\ntroopers from the event if he were not allowed in the\nmotor caravan. I know of the party problems in Indiana,\nbut we can win only if all GOP pull together. It is\nan\nbetter, I think, to include all major Republican officials\nand candidates in VIP cars in motorcades. This is parti-\ncularly true with Governors, Senators and local House\nMembers.\nGENERAL: There should be an effort to encourage GOP\nRepresentatives from surrounding areas to be present\nat the rallies, even though the events are primarily\ndesigned for Senate candidates. Exposure with the\nPresident helps. the re-election of House Members and\nalso gives us a chit to collect at a later date. In\naddition, it doesn't hurt to have Republican Congressmen\nwitness the enthusiasm given the President.\nAll in all, this was a good trip and most helpful to\nour team."
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